Status:
COMPLETED
Clipping Versus No Hair Removal and the Risk of Surgical Site Infections
Lead Sponsor:
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation
Collaborating Sponsors:
Gundersen Lutheran Health System
Conditions:
Surgical Site Infection
Superficial Surgical Site Infection
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The objective of this study is to determine whether hair clipping is non-inferior to no hair removal in preventing superficial, deep, and organ space surgical site infections (SSI) in patients undergo...
Detailed Description
Public health organizations, third party payers, consumer watchdog groups, health care quality organizations, and patients are increasingly scrutinizing patient safety in hospitals. Surgical site infe...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 18 years of age or older
- Patients undergoing a general surgical procedure (inpatient or ambulatory)
Exclusion
- Less than 18 years of age
- Systemic antibiotics within 1 week of surgery
- Toe amputations
- Ano-rectal surgery
- Vascular surgery
- Patients that have no need for hair to be removed for the operation
- Inability to provide consent
- Anticipated inability to keep 14 day follow-up appointment
- Emergent surgical procedure
- Patients remove their own hair prior to the operative day
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
1678 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00975377
Start Date
October 1 2009
End Date
February 1 2015
Last Update
September 7 2015
Active Locations (1)
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Gundersen Lutheran Health System
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States, 54601